Massac
Massac County is a county in the U.S. state of Illinois. According to the 2020 census, it had a population of 14,169. Established in 1843 and named for a French fort founded in the 18th century, its county seat is Metropolis.
Photo: Smallbones, Public domain.- Type: County with 15,400 residents
- Description: county in Illinois, United States
- Also known as: “Massac county”, “Massac County”, “Massac County, IL”, “Massac County, Ill.”, “Massac County, Illinois”, “Massac ilçesi, IL”, “Massac ilçesi, Ill.”, “Massac ilçesi, Illinois”, and “مقاطعه ماساك، إلينوي”
Places of Interest
Highlights: Sielbeck Forest Natural Area.
Massac
- Categories: county of Illinois and locality
- Location: Illinois, Midwest, United States, North America
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Latitude
37.2177° or 37° 13′ 4″ north
Longitude
-88.7163° or 88° 42′ 59″ west
Population
15,400
Elevation
351 feet (107 metres)
Open location code
869H679M+3F
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=county
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From Albanian to Western Panjabi—“Massac” goes by many names.
- Albanian: “Massac County”
- Arabic: “مقاطعة ماساك”
- Armenian: “Մասսակ շրջան”
- Asturian: “condáu de Massac”
- Basque: “Massac konderria”
- Bavarian: “Massac County, Illinois”
- Bavarian: “Massac County”
- Bishnupriya: “মাসাক কাউন্টি, ইলিনয়স”
- Bishnupriya: “মাসাক কাউন্টি”
- Bulgarian: “Масак”
- Catalan: “comtat de Massac”
- Cebuano: “Massac County”
- Chechen: “Массак (гуо, Иллинойс)”
- Chechen: “Массак”
- Chinese: “馬薩克縣”
- Chinese: “馬薩克郡”
- Chinese: “马萨克县”
- Dutch: “Massac County”
- Esperanto: “kantono Massac”
- Esperanto: “Kantono Massac”
- Estonian: “Massaci maakond”
- Finnish: “Massacin piirikunta”
- French: “comté de Massac”
- French: “Comté de Massac”
- Georgian: “მასაკის ოლქი”
- German: “Massac County”
- Gilaki: “ماساک ٚ شأرستان (ايلينؤی)”
- Gilaki: “ماساک ٚ شأرستان”
- Hebrew: “מחוז מאסאק”
- Hungarian: “Massac megye”
- Irish: “Contae Massac”
- Italian: “contea di Massac”
- Italian: “Contea di Massac”
- Japanese: “マサック郡”
- Korean: “마삭군”
- Latin: “Massac Comitatus”
- Low German: “Massac County”
- Mazanderani: “ماساک شهرستان (ایلینوی)”
- Mazanderani: “ماساک شهرستان”
- Min Dong Chinese: “Massac Gông”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Massac Kūn”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Massac County”
- Norwegian: “Massac County”
- Persian: “شهرستان ماساک، ایلینوی”
- Persian: “شهرستان ماساک”
- Polish: “Hrabstwo Massac”
- Portuguese: “condado de Massac”
- Portuguese: “Condado de Massac”
- Romanian: “Comitatul Massac, Illinois”
- Romanian: “Comitatul Massac”
- Russian: “Массак”
- Sardinian: “contea de Massac”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Massac County”
- Serbian: “Округ Масак”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Massac County, Illinois”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Massac County”
- South Azerbaijani: “ماساک بؤلگهسی، ایلینوی”
- Spanish: “condado de Massac”
- Spanish: “Condado de Massac”
- Swedish: “Massac County”
- Tatar: “Массак (округ, Иллинойс)”
- Tatar: “Массак”
- Turkish: “Massac County”
- Turkish: “Massac ilçesi”
- Ukrainian: “Массак”
- Urdu: “ماساک کاؤنٹی، الینوائے”
- Urdu: “ماساک کاؤنٹی”
- Venetian: “contea de Massac”
- Vietnamese: “Quận Massac, Illinois”
- Vietnamese: “Quận Massac”
- Waray (Philippines): “Condado han Massac, Illinois”
- Waray (Philippines): “Condado han Massac”
- Welsh: “Massac County, Illinois”
- Welsh: “Massac County”
- Western Panjabi: “مساک کاؤنٹی”
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Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Round Knob and Metropolis Junction.
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